High Court rejects move by Najib to delay 1MDB trial


KUALA LUMPUR: An application by Datuk Seri Najib Razak to have the ongoing 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) postponed was denied by the High Court.

The trial was supposed to last until Thursday (Feb 18) for this week, and the court was informed the former prime minister had applied to a court in the United States to obtain the names of 1MDB officials involved in a bribery scandal with a former partner of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

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